‘Housing with a Mission’ is the product of NAi’s matchmaking programme in which Dutch architecture expertise is matched with international community projects. With this background in mind, NAi selected five Dutch architecture firms (NL Architects, Arons en Gelauff architecten, NEXT architects, KCAP and BARCODE Architects) and five Chinese architecture firms (Urbanus, Standard, NODE, O-Office and CAFA University) for this project, which consisted of developing new concepts for high-quality affordable housing.